Hosting is free. Running models through Inference Providers is not. Hugging Face hosts models, datasets and demo Spaces, and sells inference through Inference Providers. A free account gets 100GB of private storage and best-effort public storage, but no monthly inference credits: the docs say free users can use Inference Providers by buying credits. PRO is $9 a month and includes $2 of monthly credits, 1TB of private storage and a larger ZeroGPU quota. Team is $20 per user a month and Enterprise is $50 per user a month through sales. Credits are billed at the provider's rate with no extra fee. Trustpilot shows 2.0 from 13 reviews and 9 of them are 1-star, mostly about billing surprises, ZeroGPU quota rejections, a switch from included usage to credits and trouble deleting accounts. Older Reddit threads called the $2 PRO credit weak, and one thread title said the Inference API limit was cut from 1,000 daily calls to $0.10. I found no usable G2 listing.
Free tier quotas
Free Hub account
Host models, datasets and Spaces. Private storage is 100GB, public storage is best-effort
Inference Providers credits
None for free users per the docs. Free users can buy credits to use providers
Provider rates
Hugging Face charges the same rates as the provider with no additional fees
ZeroGPU
PRO lists 8x the ZeroGPU quota and the highest queue priority, so free accounts have a smaller quota
PRO, $9 a month
$2 of included inference credits, 1TB private storage and up to 10TB public storage
Team, $20 per user a month
$2 of credits per seat, shared across the organization, 1TB private storage per seat
Enterprise, $50 per user a month
Through sales, with $2 per seat in credits and 200TB base public storage
Repository guidance
Under 100k files per repo, under 200GB per file, under 10k entries per folder
Last sniffed Oct 11, 2026. Always confirm on the official pricing page.
👍 Good boy
+A May 2025 Trustpilot reviewer gave 5 stars and called it the best site for AI work, citing the comment sections on resources, a helpful community and a steady supply of new models and LoRAs.
+A free account includes 100GB of private storage, and the docs describe public storage as best-effort for free users and organizations.
+Inference Providers are billed at the provider's own rate. The docs say Hugging Face adds no fee on top.
+Free users can use Inference Providers without a subscription by buying credits, and credits apply automatically before any pay-as-you-go billing.
+PRO at $9 a month bundles $2 of monthly credits, 1TB of private storage, up to 10TB of public storage, 8x the ZeroGPU quota and the highest queue priority.
+Team and Enterprise organizations get $2 of credits per seat that are shared among all members.
👎 Watch out
−Trustpilot shows 2.0 from 13 reviews and 9 of them are 1-star. The two 5-star reviews are from May 2025 and July 2024. These are unverified reviewer reports, not official statements.
−Free users get no monthly Inference Providers credits per the docs. An r/huggingface thread was titled 'Hugging face reduced the Inference API limit from 1000 calls daily to $0.10,' and an r/LocalLLaMA commenter called the $2 PRO credit pretty weak for a $9 subscription.
−Billing complaints are the main theme on Trustpilot. An August 2026 reviewer said a $9 plan became $33.50 overnight and that they were being billed almost $10 a day. Another August 2026 reviewer said the service model changed from included usage to credits without notice, their app stopped working and a refund was refused.
−A September 2026 Trustpilot reviewer said ZeroGPU rejected their generations with a quota-exceeded message after they claimed to have used about half a minute that day.
−Account handling drew complaints: a September 2026 reviewer said deleting an account was hard, and a September 2025 reviewer said they received repeated emails with no unsubscribe button.
−A March 2026 Trustpilot reviewer objected to needing a login to get free models, and a May 2025 reviewer said a PRO plan was sold on the promise of a model that HuggingChat did not offer, with a refund dispute following.
The catch
The free account is a hub, not an inference allowance. The Inference Providers pricing docs list free users with no monthly credits and say they can use providers by buying credits or upgrading to PRO. PRO is $9 a month and includes $2 of monthly credits, which an r/LocalLLaMA commenter called weak for the price. Credits are billed at the provider's rate with no Hugging Face fee, and they apply before pay-as-you-go usage.
Storage is generous at the free level: the docs list 100GB of private storage and best-effort public storage, with repository guidance of under 100k files and under 200GB per file. ZeroGPU quotas are smaller on free accounts, and a September 2026 Trustpilot reviewer described being rejected with a quota-exceeded message.
Trustpilot shows 2.0 from 13 reviews, and 9 of them are 1-star, with billing surprises and a change from included usage to credits in August 2026 as the main themes. Those are unverified reports from a small sample on a platform used by many more people than that, so weigh them accordingly. I found no usable G2 listing. I left the card requirement and commercial-use terms as unknown because the pages I read do not state them for the free account.
What’s included
✓Model, dataset and Space hosting
✓Inference Providers routing with provider-rate billing
✓ZeroGPU Spaces
✓Private and public repositories
✓Community discussion on models and datasets
✓Pull requests and git-based versioning for repos
✓PRO, Team and Enterprise plans
✓Shared credits for Team and Enterprise organizations
✓Usage breakdown by API for organizations
Free tier value
Generosity
B
Estimated value
Free hosting with 100GB private storage, but no monthly inference credits
Feature parity
PRO adds $2 of monthly inference credits, 1TB private storage and 8x the ZeroGPU quota.
Screenshots
Hugging Face homepageHugging Face pricing page
Paid plans
PRO, $9 a month
$2 of included inference credits, 1TB private storage, up to 10TB public storage, 8x ZeroGPU quota and the highest queue priority. Pay-as-you-go credits can be added.
Team, $20 per user a month
$2 of credits per seat shared across the organization, 1TB private storage per seat, 12TB base public storage plus 1TB per seat. Billable by credit card.
Enterprise, $50 per user a month
Through sales. $2 of credits per seat, 200TB base public storage plus 1TB per seat, and up to 1,000TB for large contracts.
Common questions
Is Hugging Face free?
A free account hosts models, datasets and Spaces with 100GB of private storage. Inference Providers need purchased credits or a paid plan, since free users get no monthly credits.
How much is PRO?
$9 a month, with $2 of included inference credits, more storage and 8x the ZeroGPU quota.
Does Hugging Face mark up inference?
The docs say it charges the same rates as the provider, with no additional fees.
What do Trustpilot reviewers complain about?
Billing surprises, ZeroGPU quota rejections, a change from included usage to credits, hard-to-delete accounts and emails without an unsubscribe link.
How much private storage do I get?
100GB on a free account, 1TB on PRO and 1TB per seat on Team and Enterprise, plus pay-as-you-go.
Change history
Checked October 22, 2026
Pricing page, Inference Providers pricing docs and storage docs read. Trustpilot shows 2.0 from 13 reviews. No usable G2 listing found. Forum evidence comes from Reddit search excerpts.
